Mount Roland

WATER MONITORING DATA

Mount Roland Rivercare Catchment Inc currently have 4 water monitoring sites in the catchment - 2 on the Dasher River and one each on the Don and the Minnow.

At each site the following data is recorded:

• Temperature (important during willow removal work to ensure that there are no adverse effects on the ecology of a river section by removal of trees shading the water)
• Turbidity (how clear or cloudy the water is - an indication of disturbances in the river upstream, wash down as a result of earth works, soil tillage or of bank erosion)
• Conductivity (this is a measure of the dissolved salts in the water ie salinity)
• pH (whether the water is acid, alkaline or neutral - a number of things can affect this - low water levels, effluent or other discharges into the river)

This monitoring will complement that undertaken by North West Waterwatch - view past Water Watch Data

WATER MONITORING FIELD DAY

Trying out new water monitoring equipment, learning how to take water samples, what the river can tell us about its health and status, how to manage water data and much more...

Read more about the water monitoring field day.

Demonstration of water sampling.

How to take a water sample.

Measuring temperature.

Measuring turbidity.

Measuring conductivity (ie salinity).

Measuring pH.

General considerations on water sampling.